Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu's Vellore cancelled after cash haul

The Election Commission had two days ago recommended to the President that elections in Vellore be cancelled.

The Lok Sabha election to the Vellore constituency in Tamil Nadu was cancelled Tuesday by the Election Commission (EC) two days ahead of the polling following recovery of huge amount of cash allegedly from an associate of a DMK leader recently.

A government notification rescinding the polls said the EC was "fully satisfied that the current electoral process in Vellore has been seriously vitiated on account of unlawful activities of certain candidates and some workers of the political party."

Perhaps, this is the first time election to a Lok Sabha constituency has been cancelled over use of money power.

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